Digital BW, The Print

Hi there!

I was telling QTR to print an 8x10 image on letter sized paper. For 
12x18 I had specified super b. As I mentioned in a reply to Roy, I 
think I will reinstall the software and see if that helps.

Mark 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "koloshor" 
<wiz@n...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mccarvill"
> <mark_mccarvill@s...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi folks,
> 
> Hi Mark!
>  
> > Are there any QTR users setting their top / left paper margins at 
> > less than .75" – or printing an image that, when
> > automatically centered by QTR, results in a margin this size? 
> 
> Yes. QTR can use margins as small as 0.125 inch (a safety factor to
> prevent overspray).
>  
> > The reason I ask is that, when I print an 8x10 on letter sized 
paper, 
> > QTR leaves a messy ink trail on the left margin of the page 
(covering 
> > about 1/4" of the image itself). Looks like it wanted to keep 
> > printing but ran out of paper. (I'm letting QTR center the image 
top 
> > and left). When I downsize the print to 7.75 x 9.75 it prints 
fine. 
> > 
> > I just printed a 12x18 on super b sized paper and again got a
> > 1/4" ink trail on the image and more ink on the left margin of
> > the page.
> > 
> > I'm an Epson 1280 user, on a PC and I'm only having this problem 
in 
> > landscape mode. 
> 
> This may have nothing to do woth your problem, but are you telling 
QRT
> to print 8x10 or 12x18? QTR gets the print size from the file 
itself,
> so you have to set the size to 8x10 or 12x18 in the file itself 
(many
> programs let you change the "image size" in a TIFF file, including
> PhotoShop).
> 
> The size you set on the command line, the batch files, or in QTRgui 
is
> the paper size. So, if you're setting 8x10, it's going to start
> printing your image 7.875 to the left of the right edge of the paper
> (8 inch paper size - 0.125 that I mentioned earlier) and continue to
> the right until it runs out of paper 8 inches later, making a mess.
> 
> Hope this helps